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position, which you may present to the proper authorities in case there is any chance for me.
My work in the Geological Survey is too much of a routine to allow me opportunity for original work and so I am seeking professorial life again.
Yours very truly
Joseph F James.
U.S. Geol. Survey
I would refer you to Prof. N. H. Winchell, Minneapolis, Minn. Prof Edw. Orton, Columbus, Ohio; A.D. Walcott, US Geol Sur. Washington, D.C. Robt. T Hill, Austin Texas, (now in Washington, 1416 20th St. NW.) Edw. W. Claypole, Akron, Ohio. etc, as to my geological knowledge.